Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-03-11

The house bill authorizing the coustruc-
ton of bridge across the Mississippi
river at Winona, Mimi, was taken from
the calendar and passed. The house
bills authorizing the construction
of railroad bridges were passed
as follows: Across the Mississippi river at
Fort Madison or Keokuk, Iowa; across
the Missouri river at Pierre City, Dakota,
and across the Missouri river at Yankton,
Dakota Other house bills of minor i'm
portance were then taken from the cal
endar and passed. The senate then at 6
O'Clock went into executive session.
The doors were reopened at 10 a. M,
the senate having in the meantime taken
two hours recess. The senate bill
appropriating $4,000 for the ex-
penses of the senate Investigations
ordered this session and the house
bill for the loan of government articles
to the industrial exhibition at Minneapolis
were passed. Senators Sherman
and Salisbury were appointed to
join like committee appointed
on the part of the house to wait
on the president and inform him that the
two houses had completed their
business and were ready TO adjourn.
uLIHS LuS ClOSi1lS dudl tCI VI 1il AOUI
of the senate the enrolled District of
Columbia appropriation bill was signed
by the presiding officer and sent to the
president for his signature. The
conference report on the deficiency
bill could not be reported in time and died.
The usual resolution of thanks was
rendered to the presiding officer, and the
president having signifed that he had
nothing furtbar tn nrJp the
ate was declared adjourned. Senate ad-
iourned without day at l1;55 senate time,
1904 actual time.
House--At 4:3O .. NJ the house
engaged in the consideration of
the miscellaneous business awaiting the
preparation of the conference report on
the Legislative appropriation bill. As
soon as the report was submitted
it wasacted upon. At five o'clock
Mr.. Struble called up the veto
message of the president on the SEN
ats bill for the erection of public build
i-s at Sioux City, Iowa. The house re-
fused TO pass the bill over the presidents
veto-ayes 1O7, nays 77-not the
constitutional two-thirds. Mr., Herbert
submitted the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill
and after some debate, in which Mr.. Bou-
telle criticised the action of the commit
tee on naval affairs for the failure to
make an appropriation for the compile
tion of the works at Atlanta, Boston and
Chicago, the report was agreed to.
Mr.. Nelson (Minn.) moved a suspension
of the rules to pass the bill granting to
the Clark's Fork j. Cook City Railroad
company, right of way through the Crow
reservation, in Montana. 1t was agreed
to, and the bill passed. At 5 O'Clock
this morning the effects of the six
teen hours session we've visible in
the appearance of the hall of the house
and on the members of the body. The
floor was strewn with scraps of paper and
remnants of documents and reports. The
atmosphere in the house was very i'm
pure and oppressive, and was we'll i'm
pregnated with tobacco smoke, notwith
standing the repeated appeals of the
speaker to members. requesting them to
observe the rule which prohibits
smoking on the floor. 4 few min
utes past o'clock Mr.. Blount
announced that the conference re-
port of the committee on the postoffice
appropriation bill had reached an agree
ment by the recession of the senate con-
feres from the senate subsidy amend
ment The report was agreed to, thus
disposing of the bill. Mr.. Reed
of Maine, (Mr. Hatch, of Missouri,
being in the chair,) offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopted
unanimously by standing vote:
Resolved, That the thanks of this house
are hereby rendered to John G. Carlisle
the speaker, for the courtesy, ability ana
fairness with which he has presided over
the deliberations of the forty ninth con
gress. Mr.. Forney, of Alabama,
from the committee on conference
on the Notifications bill, reported a
continued disagreement. A mess
age was received from the presi-
dent, saying he had no further communi
cation to make to congress, and the
speaker, after a short speech, thanking
the members for their resolution. declared
tho hOuSe ad diOurned